| Career possibilities |
- Information Architect
- User Experience Designer
- Data Visualization Specialist
- Systems Analyst
- Data Scientist
- Software Design Engineer
- Risk Consultant
- Web Computing Specialist
- Network Administrator
- Database Developer
- Cybersecurity Professional
- Project Manager
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- Reference Librarian
- Youth Services Librarian
- Academic Librarian
- Archives and Special Collections Librarian
- Library Director
- Taxonomist
- Information Architect
- Content Strategist
- Data Scientist
- Health Information Specialist
- User Experience Researcher
- Law Librarian
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- User Experience Researcher
- User Experience Designer
- Usability Researcher
- Interaction Designer
- Product Designer
- Developer
- Prototyper
- Project or Program Manager
- User Experience Manager
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| Focus |
- Information and information technologies management
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- Core areas of strength in digital youth, knowledge organization, information services, data science, information architecture, and user experience
- Choice of on-campus or online learning
- Law Librarianship program for students with a JD
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- Usability and user research
- Design of interactive computing technologies
- Prototyping interactive digital systems
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| Capstone or thesis project |
- Full-Time 2-year:
- Capstone project
- Team-based project offers opportunity to work with outside sponsors
- Student-directed
- Research or design oriented
- Full-Time 1-year and Mid-Career:
- Practicum experiential learning
- Either Capstone project, internship, faculty-sponsored research project, or other approved experiential learning project
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- Capstone project
- Team-based project offers opportunity to work with outside sponsors
- Student-directed
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- Team-based project offers opportunity to work with outside sponsors
- Projects form the spine of studio work for first 3 quarters
- Culminates in a full time studio during final summer quarter
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| Courses |
MSIM |
MLIS |
MHCI+D |
| Internship |
- Full-time: Recommended
- Mid-career: Recommended
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| Curriculum |
- Core courses plus specializations in:
- Business Intelligence*
- Data Science*
- User Experience
- Information Consulting
- Information Architecture
- Information Security*
- Culminates in Capstone project or Experiential Learning (dependent on choice of MSIM program track)
*Offered in evening/weekend format |
- Core courses are foundational and theory-based
- Electives focus on areas of interest
- Culminates in Capstone project
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- Prescribed sequence of core courses
- Electives from sponsoring departments and UW
- Culminates in a Capstone project
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| Instructional style |
- Lectures and project-based courses
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- Lectures and project-based courses
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- Design studio, lectures, individual, and group projects
- Tightly integrated, project-based curriculum
- Sequenced schedule
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| Number of credits by course type |
- Core:
- Full-Time (2 yr): 15
- Full-Time (1 yr): 15
- Mid-Career (1 yr): 12
- Electives:
- Full-Time (2 yr): 45
- Full-Time (1 yr): 19
- Mid-Career (1 yr): 24, or more if desired
- Experiential Learning/ Captsone:
- Full-Time (2 yr): 5
- Full-Time (1 yr): 6
- Mid-Career (1yr): optional
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- Residential and Online:
- Core: 29
- Electives: 29
- Capstone: 5
- Law: 43 credits
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- Core: 30
- Electives: 7
- Capstone Project: 9
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| Course scheduling |
- Full-time Core: Day; Electives: Day, Evening, Saturday morning
- Mid-career Core: Evening; Electives: Evenings and Saturday mornings
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- Primarily daytime and online
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| UW affiliationMSIMMLISMHCI+D |
| College / school / department / division |
- Information School (iSchool)
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- Information School (iSchool)
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- Graduate School interdisciplinary program
- Jointly sponsored by the Information School, Computer Science and Engineering and HCDE (College of Engineering), and Art, Art History + Design (College of Arts & Sciences)
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| Faculty |
- Dedicated iSchool faculty plus external industry lecturers
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- Dedicated iSchool faculty plus external industry lecturers
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- Interdisciplinary faculty from CSE, HCDE, iSchool, division of Design, plus external industry lecturers
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| Facilities |
- iSchool classrooms
- Shared computing labs
- Group work spaces
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- iSchool classrooms
- Shared computing labs
- Group work spaces
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- Dedicated design studio for the cohort
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| Contacts |
- Sean McGann, MSIM Program Chair
- Shasta Jennings, MSIM Academic Adviser
- Kari Brothers, iSchool Admissions Counselor
- iask@uw.edu
- Program website
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- Michelle Martin, MLIS Program Chair
- Joe Eckert, MLIS Academic Adviser
- Kari Brothers, iSchool Admissions Counselor
- iask@uw.edu
- Program website
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| Time and money |
MSIM |
MLIS |
MHCI+D |
| Duration |
- Full-time: 2 years or 1 year
- Mid-career: 1-2 years (Fri./Sat. courses)
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- Residential: 2 years
- Online: 2.5-3 years
- Law: 1 year
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- 1 year (4 quarters), full-time, immersive experience
- Students are members of a cohort of peers
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| Option for full-time work while in school |
- Full-time: No
- Mid-career: Yes
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- Residential: No
- Online: Yes
- Law: No
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| Application deadline |
- Full-time MSIM: Jan. 15
- Mid-career MSIM: Incremental deadlines
All offers of admission are for Autumn quarter only. |
- Early decision: December 1
- Priority deadline: February 1
All offers of admission are for Autumn quarter only. |
All offers of admission are for Autumn quarter only. |
| Number of students enrolled annually |
- Full-time 2-year: 70-75
- Full-time 1-year: 35
- Mid-career: 35
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- Residential and Law: 70-75
- Online: 75-80
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| Required number of credits |
- Full-time: 65 (2-year), 40 (1-year)
- Mid-career: 36
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- Residential: 63
- Online: 63
- Law: 43
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| Approximate total tuition (subject to change and total credits taken) |
- Full-time: $52,585 (2-year), $32,360 (1-year)
- Mid-career: $29,124
- $809/credit (both programs)
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- Residential and Online: $49,455
- Law: $33,755
- $785 / credit
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| Financial aid, Funding and Assistantships |
- All applicants are eligible to receive a limited number of iSchool merit-based scholarships.
- U.S. citizens and permanent residents are encouraged to fill out the FAFSA in order to receive federal loans.
- The iSchool typically hires 2-3 graduate assistants (GAs) each year.
- Occasionally tuition may be reduced through fellowships and teaching/research assistantships, which are offered by individual departments based on merit.
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- All applicants are eligible to receive a limited number of iSchool merit-based scholarships.
- U.S. citizens and permanent residents are encouraged to fill out the FAFSA in order to receive federal loans.
- The iSchool typically hires 2-3 graduate assistants (GAs) each year.
- Occasionally tuition may be reduced through fellowships and teaching/research assistantships, which are offered by individual departments based on merit.
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- Occasionally tuition may be reduced through fellowships and teaching/research assistantships, which are offered by individual departments based on merit.
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